It doesn't stop

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 06:46 pm
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Four more gold medals for Team GB today! Plus a couple of silvers too:

Gold - Sailing - Paul Goodison, Laser class

Gold - Cycling - women's sprint - Victoria Pendleton

Gold - Cycling - men's sprint - Chris Hoy

Gold - Athletics - women's 400m - Christine Ohuruogu

Silver - Cycling - men's sprint - Jason Kenny

Silver - Athletics - men's high jump - Germaine Mason


It's been announced that the velodrome at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be named after Chris Hoy following his three gold medals - and he's the first Brit for 100 years to win three golds in a single Games. Similarly, an about-to-be-refurbished swimming centre in Mansfield will be renamed in Rebecca Adlington's honour when it reopens (it's the pool where she began swimming as a child).

And we've still got a lead over Australia in the overall medals table:

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Let's see how long that will last! I can't believe there's only five days left, it's all gone so quickly.

Date: 2008-08-19 08:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luna-argentea.livejournal.com
Hooray! I didn't know about the velodrome and the swimming centre. That's great. :) BMX tomorrow.